chris hedges, also host of r t. americas on contact to see you again, chris, there's a few things to pick up on here. why do you think joe biden so pointedly, use words like cooperation and standing up for allies after what he did to france this week? and i've got to stand last month. i think everything, the joe biden said rhetorically, doesn't match both us policy. and more importantly, the lost power and reach that the american empire has suffered following 20 years of the tobacco holes in the middle east. it's mishandling of the covered pandemic. there, there is a kind of feigning on the part of the, by the administration that none of this happened. there is a clear rupture and a rupture with traditional allies that has seen nato partners speak of essentially going it alone. the unilateral actions of the united states, the unilateral decision to pull out of afghanistan, the unilateral decision to essentially betray the french and the french found out by reading it in the newspapers. there was no diplomatic back channel communication beforehand. i think there's a disconnect between

abroad, it helped set the news agenda. jill abramson was the times, is washington bureau chief chris hedges, his beat at the time was outside, the media was complicit in, perpetuating this mit. you can't make a war on terror. that's o t ology. it's impossible. and yet we reacted we drank from that very dark elixir of nationalism. you have to remember after the attacks of 911, the bush administration perpetrated on, on purpose this kind of fear and how they ended up passing the patriot act in the 2002 authorization use military force actor. so you had fear, but then you also had american chauvinism, and that was a very deadly mix, that an essence blinded the new york times as an institution. it wasn't just one or 2 reporters, right after $911.00. i remember the director of the cia george tenant, calling me i was the washington bureau chief for the new york times. and on that call, enlisting my agreement that the times would not do any reporting or disclose and of intelligence sources and methods. he just talked to the washing and posts, and he ticked off the networks and everybody had agreed

kind of mocking reporting that will turn this chris hedges. industrious form, a foreign minister car. nice thought. told us there's a divide between what the white house says and what it actually does. not trust the bilateral new sense. now that so will fly away by a phone call that has been announced further than 5 minutes mark. it will remain and i'm pretty sure that it will have further implications for free trade talks for the various counsel between the us and your opinion. if there is one country that really implies your politics and it's diplomacy, it's from to all that we also have to at the fragmentation that is there up insights made. there is a kind of feigning on the part of the, by the ministration that none of this happened. there is a clear rupture and a rupture with traditional allies that has seen nato partners speak of essentially going it alone. the unilateral actions of the united states, the unilateral decision to pull out of afghanistan, the unilateral decision to essentially betray the french and the french found out by reading it in the newspapers. there was no

chris: san jose on the road at t fc dallas. matt hedges picks up a yellow card right there.retty goal. san jose had chances to take the lead. the header off the bar, and more chances in the 77th minute. this ends in a 1-1 draw. 18-year-old british qualifier emma raducanu. she closes out with a winner, taking the first set 6-4. raducanu in the far court will rip it, taking a 4-2 lead. that led to the championship point. she seals the deal, becoming the first women's qualifier to win a grand slam final. did you see this? >> you ready? >> i'm ready. [laughter] beat for sure. chris: stephen curry showing the ultimate trust in phil mickelson. the charity golf event raising money to kg benefit the eat, learn, play foundation. phil claims he was never close. abc 7 sports sponsored by your local toyota dealers. dion: totally a close call. that is it for this edition of abc 7 news at 11:00. abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 5:00. for drew and chris, thank you for joining us. have a great evening. we leave you with a beautiful picture from our cam. that is lit up red, white, an